The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-05

In the north end of the hall was the exhibit
of grains, vegetables, fruits, flowers, pictures,
fancy work, etc, made by Paw Paw grange,
patrons of husbandry. IL was an elegant
display and reflected much credit on those
who collected, prepared and arranged it.
There was large display of carpets rugs,
paintings, quilts and other fancy work in
various parts of the hall, all of which was
duly inspected, examined, criticised and adj
mred by the ladies', as we'll as by many of
the sterner sex. Among the curiosities was
Judge Hilton's novel and handsome chair,
built of polished horns of Texas steers and
cushioned with the skins of wild animals
Paintings by Miss Lydia Waite and crayon
sketches by Frank Van Ness, the Paw Paw
artist. ornamented the room, while our two
photographers, Henry Shefer and j. L.
Prater had exhibits that were the work of
skilled hands and showed that they were ex-
ecuted 10y masters of the art. Some of the
large photographs exhibited by Mr.. Sh@fer
were as fine as we ever saw.
One would scarcely select hardware stock
as the most promising thing from which to
select handsome exhibit, put the display in
that line, made by Cunning q Bilsborrow
was one of the most attractive things in the
entire hail.
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of crockery, wall paper, hanging lamps and
other goods, while their competitors in trade
Messrs. Bartram a. Millington, had an equally
attractive exhibit in another part of the hall
The space allotted to each of those firms was
fully occupied and was fair illustration OF
the well known push and enterprise.
Jay Cummings and G. Il. Avery, two of our
enterprising dry goods merchants, We'd with
each other in trying TO make the most ele-
CANT and tasteful display of various kinds OF
goods from their large and varied stocks and
! both succeeded IN doing themselves great
credit the spaceallotted to them being decked
out in gorgeous array with all the spiendor
of an oriental palace.
l.. w. Osborne had a fine exhibit of ele-
CANT furniture that would be lit 20 grace the
| residence of Gould or a Vanderbilt.
No effort was made by our dealers 10 make
any display of agricultural implements-the
fall of the year is not favorable time for
that-but /. b. Conner exhibited fine line
| Of carriages and other vehicles.
There was fair display of fruit, both
! fresh and canned, but not such an exhibit as
| did credit to our county, situated as il Is in
| the midst OF the Michigan fruit belt. ON
! fruit growers could have made this depart
ment one of the most attractive features OF
the entire fair but, for some reason, they
failed to interest themselves in the matter as
they might and should have done The ex-
hibit OF wheat, corn, potatoes, and other
vegetables was not large, but indicated that
something was raised III Van Buren, county
the past season, Notwithstanding the extreme
heat and prolonged drouth.
The poultry show was 10y far the best that
was ever seen in the county. The principal
exhibitors were j. II. Haynes d Co. of Deca-
tur G. l.. 81 j. l.. Benjamin of Big Rock,
Ills, and Adam Westervelt OF Bangor, al
though there were others who had smaller
exhibits of fine fowls. The birds shown
were all standard bred and not miscellane-
Gus lot of barn yard fowls, such as has some
times been the case in times past. Haynes
d Co. had the largest exhibit and they
showed some superb fowls that could not
well be surpassed. The Illinois exhibit was
an exceptionally fine one and attracted much
attention and was the occasion of many COM
plimentary remarks and much inquiry as to
the price of the birds, none of which were
for sale. However, parties desiring to pur-
chase or to ascertain prices. can be accom-